diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/composed_served_integration_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/composed_served_integration_test.go
index a62f1a9b..70528468 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/composed_served_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/composed_served_integration_test.go
@@ -436,7 +436,16 @@ func TestServedARotationRewritesOnlyTheCompositionsThatUseIt(t *testing.T) {
 	m := aServedMesh(t)
 	before := map[string]map[string]uint64{"anchor": m.revisions(t, "anchor"), "laptop": m.revisions(t, "laptop")}
 	holders, _ := m.open.inventory.HoldersOf(t.Context(), "postgres-database", "")
-	said, err := capturedOutput(func() error { return rotateCommand(t.Context(), []string{"postgres-database"}) })
+	var waited uint64
+	said, err := capturedOutput(func() error {
+		if err := rotateCommand(t.Context(), []string{"postgres-database"}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// The serving controller's own lines while the rotation lands are captured too.
+		boardKey, _ := sdkdelivery.ComposedKey("laptop", "board", fpOf('b'))
+		waited = m.waitForOrSay(t, "laptop", boardKey, before["laptop"][boardKey])
+		return nil
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("rotate: %v\n%s", err, said)
 	}
@@ -449,7 +458,17 @@ func TestServedARotationRewritesOnlyTheCompositionsThatUseIt(t *testing.T) {
 	boardKey, _ := sdkdelivery.ComposedKey("laptop", "board", fpOf('b'))
 	storeKey, _ := sdkdelivery.ComposedKey("anchor", "store", fpOf('a'))
 	// The board's sealed credential file is new: its composition moves with the rotation.
-	if rev := m.waitForOrSay(t, "laptop", boardKey, before["laptop"][boardKey]); rev == 0 {
+	if rev := waited; rev == 0 {
+		var kept []string
+		for _, line := range strings.Split(said, "\n") {
+			for _, w := range []string{"board", "postgres", "secret", "credential", "laptop", "withdr", "retir", "error", "refused"} {
+				if strings.Contains(line, w) {
+					kept = append(kept, line)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		said = strings.Join(kept, " | ")
 		after, _ := m.open.inventory.HoldersOf(t.Context(), "postgres-database", "")
 		in, ierr := inputFor(t.Context(), m.open)
 		var credentials string
@@ -466,8 +485,8 @@ func TestServedARotationRewritesOnlyTheCompositionsThatUseIt(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 		diag := fmt.Sprintf("state %+v %v; compose now %v sealed %v; %s %v", state, serr, derr, sealed, credentials, ierr)
-		t.Fatalf("the board's composition did not move within a minute after the rotation; holders before %+v, after %+v; DIAG %s; rotate said: %s; %s",
-			holders, after, diag, strings.Join(strings.Fields(strings.ReplaceAll(said, "\n", " | ")), " "), m.whatIsThere(t, "laptop"))
+		t.Fatalf("the board's composition did not move within a minute after the rotation; LINES %s; holders before %+v, after %+v; DIAG %s; %s",
+			strings.Join(strings.Fields(said), " "), holders, after, diag, m.whatIsThere(t, "laptop"))
 	}
 	moved := map[string]bool{}
 	for node, was := range before {